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| New Members Wanted |
| DB15 Cask Commissioner / club treasurer Brian Lynch (left) and Fritz Maytag, founder of Anchor Brewing meeting at a special VIP session at the TAP beer festival. |
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| DB15 shirts are here! Choose from two different 4-color shirts. One with our Uncle Sam DB 15 logo or one with the club motto - " I'd rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity" Order by mail HERE. Club members can order in person at the next meeting. |
| If you are not currently on the DB15 mailing list or would like to join simply write webmaster@beernexus.com or stop in the Gaslight and ask your friendly bartender for a registration form. New members always welcome - it's a pefect time to join. |
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| Sign up a new member, win a beer! The DB15 is the largest beer appreciation organization in New Jersey, but what about the East Coast? Well it's time to make our move. Bring a new member to the next meeting, have them officially register, and get a Gaslight beer compliments of the DB15 Cask Commissioners. |
Why sign up for the club dues full payment plan? Enjoy the many benefits available to club members on the full-payment plan. A one time fee of only $50 covers all meetings, plus discounts for DB15 special events. This year members received benefits that totaled well over the dues amount. Substantial discounts were provided for the TAP NY beer fest trip, the Newark Bears baseball outing, the NJ Brewers Festival, and the Victorian Dinner. In addition members on the full pay plan are exempt from the individual meeting beer fee. Ask club treasurer Brian Lynch, or any Cask Commissioner for the full details at the next meeting. |
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| Next Meeting - May 20, Sunday, 4 PM at the Gaslight |
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| ------------------------- May Meeting USA vs. Belgium You just can't get better beer than the brews from Belgium.... or can you? That's what we're about to find out at our May 20th meeting as we have a tasting showdown of Belgium dubbels against their USA counterparts. The origin of the dubbel can be traced to a beer brewed in the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle in 1856. At first it was a strong version of their usual brown ale. In 1926, the formulation was changed and it became even stronger. The first written record of its sale by the abbey was in June 1861. Following World War II, the Westmalle Dubbel became popular throughout Belgium and the world. In fact it became so popular that the name "dubbel" was used by many Trappist and non-Trappist breweries alike for commercial purposes. Today this style (6%-8% ABV) has an understated bitterness, fairly heavy body, with a pronounced fruitiness and spicy character. Think of highly regarded dubbels such as Trappistes Rochefort 8, Trappist Westvleteren 8, and Chimay Première (Red) and you'll understand why this is a meeting not to be missed- Sunday, May 20, at 4PM. ----------------------------- TAP-NY Trip Big Success Once again the Gaslight annual trip to the TAP-NY, the best beer festival on the East Coast, sold out over a week before the festival date. With a full load of 50 passengers and two sixtels of great Gaslight beer the bus departed exactly on time at 9:30 AM and arrived at Hunter Mountain, NY at 11:45 AM. Facing the daunting task of tasting as many of the 140 available beers as possible our hardy group did the club proud led by Dan Hodge's total of 73 beers sampled! Special thanks to Jeff Levine who supplied the entire group with red clown noses. Not only did it make it easy to find lost and strayed DB15 members it made our group the social hit of the festival. While others at the fest sported mundane group t-shirts our clown noses elicited countless stares and admiration, two things perfect for a fest. ----------------------------- Abbey Normal - Release Date May 19 The annual release of the Gaslight's award winning beer, Abbey Normal, will be Saturday, May 19, 2012 to celebrate American Craft Beer Week. This Belgian Dubbel is brewed with the traditional double fermentation with the addition of Belgian Dark Candi Sugar during fermentation to add flavor, complexity and a little extra alcohol. A Belgian Yeast and elevated temperatures are used to create a spicy, fruit profile. This beer ALWAYS goes very fast so be sure to get in early for some. There will be giveaways and Young Frankenstein will be planing on the big screen all day to help keep everyone in an ABBEY NORMAL mood. |
| For the latest updates on what's being poured at the Gaslight go to http://gaslightbrewery.com/ |
